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Thursday, 26 May 2016

300 EXPERT TOEFL WORDS




                             300 EXPERT TOEFL WORDS


1. Penurious (adj)
excessively thrifty,ungenerous,extremely poor; poverty-stricken
Eg-a penurious old tramp

2.  Glutton (noun)

Gourmand, overeater, big eater, gorger,gobbler

Eg-an excessively greedy eater.

3. machiavellian


crafty; double-dealing,two-faced,Tricky,unscurpulous

Eg- cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics or in advancing one's career

4. ludicrous

so foolish, unreasonable, ridiculous,asinine

Eg- "a ludicrous idea"

5. stingy

unwilling to give or spend, niggardly,ungenerous.

Eg- "his employer is stingy and idle"

6. Bliss (noun)

a state of extreme happiness, great joy,ecstasy,pleasure,elation.

Eg- "she gave a sigh of bliss"


7. plight  (noun)

a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one,a dangerous,

Eg- Few of us can be ​unmoved by the plight of the ​refugees

8. Fidelity noun

the quality of being faithful
Eg-he ​best ink-jet ​printers can ​reproduce ​photographs with ​amazing fidelity.

9.Exuberant (adjective)

joyously unrestrained

Eg-Young and exuberant, he ​symbolizes Italy's new ​vitality

 

10. Didactic(adjective)

​intended to ​teach, ​especially in a way that is too ​determined or ​eager

Eg- a didactic ​approach to ​teaching

11. nefarious(adjective)

wicked or criminal,morally bad

Eg- The company's ​CEO​ seems to have been ​involved in some nefarious ​practices/​activities.

 

12. vacuous (adjective)

lacking ideas or intelligence

Eg - a vacuous smile

13. obstreperous(Adjective)

boisterously and noisily aggressive, difficult to control.

Eg- "the boy is cocky and obstreperous"

14. Reticent (adjective)

inclined to keep silent; reserved, inhibited
Eg-  Most of the ​students were reticent about ​answering ​questions
15. Iaconic (Adjective)
using very few words to ​express what you ​mean
Eg- she had a iconic wit

  1.  
of the most contemptible kind
  1. aberration
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  1. abjure
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  1. abnegation
the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  1. abrogate
revoke formally
  1. abscond
run away
  1. abstruse
difficult to penetrate
  1. accede
yield to another's wish or opinion
  1. accost
speak to someone
  1. accretion
an increase by natural growth or addition
  1. acumen
shrewdness shown by keen insight
  1. adamant
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
  1. admonish
scold or reprimand; take to task
  1. adumbrate
describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  1. adverse
in an opposing direction
  1. advocate
a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  1. affluent
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  1. aggrandize
add details to
  1. alacrity
liveliness and eagerness
  1. alias
a name that has been assumed temporarily
  1. ambivalent
uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  1. amenable
disposed or willing to comply
  1. amorphous
having no definite form or distinct shape
  1. anachronistic
chronologically misplaced
  1. anathema
a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  1. annex
attach to
  1. antediluvian
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  1. antiseptic
thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms
  1. apathetic
showing little or no emotion or animation
  1. antithesis
exact opposite
  1. apocryphal
being of questionable authenticity
  1. approbation
official approval
  1. arbitrary
based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  1. arboreal
of or relating to or formed by trees
  1. arcane
requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  1. archetypal
of an original type after which other things are patterned
  1. arrogate
seize and take control without authority
  1. ascetic
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  1. aspersion
a disparaging remark
  1. assiduous
marked by care and persistent effort
  1. atrophy
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  1. bane
something causing misery or death
  1. bashful
self-consciously timid
  1. beguile
influence by slyness
  1. bereft
sorrowful through loss or deprivation
  1. blandishment
flattery intended to persuade
  1. bilk
cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
  1. bombastic
ostentatiously lofty in style
  1. cajole
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  1. callous
having calluses
  1. calumny
a false accusation of an offense
  1. camaraderie
the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  1. candor
the quality of being honest and straightforward
  1. capitulate
surrender under agreed conditions
  1. carouse
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
  1. carp
any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
  1. caucus
meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
  1. cavort
play boisterously
  1. circumlocution
an indirect way of expressing something
  1. circumscribe
to draw a geometric figure around another figure
  1. circumvent
surround so as to force to give up
  1. clamor
utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
  1. cleave
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  1. cobbler
a person who makes or repairs shoes
  1. cogent
powerfully persuasive
  1. cognizant
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
  1. commensurate
corresponding in size or degree or extent
  1. complement
something added to embellish or make perfect
  1. compunction
a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  1. concomitant
following or accompanying as a consequence
  1. conduit
a passage through which water or electric wires can pass
  1. conflagration
a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  1. congruity
the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
  1. connive
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
  1. consign
give over to another for care or safekeeping
  1. constituent
one of the individual parts making up a composite entity
  1. construe
make sense of; assign a meaning to
  1. contusion
an injury in which the skin is not broken
  1. contrite
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
  1. contentious
showing an inclination to disagree
  1. contravene
go against, as of rules and laws
  1. convivial
occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
  1. corpulence
the property of excessive fatness
  1. covet
wish, long, or crave for
  1. cupidity
extreme greed for material wealth
  1. dearth
an insufficient quantity or number
  1. debacle
a sudden and violent collapse
  1. debauch
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking
  1. debunk
expose while ridiculing
  1. defunct
no longer in force or use; inactive
  1. demagogue
a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  1. denigrate
charge falsely or with malicious intent
  1. derivative
a compound obtained from another compound
  1. despot
a cruel and oppressive dictator
  1. diaphanous
so thin as to transmit light
  1. didactic
instructive, especially excessively
  1. dirge
a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  1. disaffected
discontented as toward authority
  1. discomfit
cause to lose one's composure
  1. disparate
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  1. dispel
to cause to separate and go in different directions
  1. disrepute
the state of being held in low esteem
  1. divisive
dissenting with the majority opinion
  1. dogmatic
pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  1. dour
showing a brooding ill humor
  1. duplicity
acting in bad faith
  1. duress
compulsory force or threat
  1. eclectic
selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  1. edict
a formal or authoritative proclamation
  1. ebullient
joyously unrestrained
  1. egregious
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  1. elegy
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  1. elicit
call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  1. embezzlement
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property
  1. emend
make corrections to
  1. emollient
a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
  1. empirical
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  1. emulate
strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  1. enervate
weaken mentally or morally
  1. enfranchise
grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude
  1. engender
call forth
  1. ephemeral
anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  1. epistolary
written in the form of letters or correspondence
  1. equanimity
steadiness of mind under stress
  1. equivocal
open to two or more interpretations
  1. espouse
choose and follow
  1. evanescent
tending to vanish like vapor
  1. evince
give expression to
  1. exacerbate
make worse
  1. exhort
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  1. execrable
unequivocally detestable
  1. exigent
demanding immediate attention
  1. expedient
appropriate to a purpose
  1. expiate
make amends for
  1. expunge
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  1. extraneous
not belonging to that in which it is contained
  1. extol
praise, glorify, or honor
  1. extant
still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
  1. expurgate
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  1. fallacious
containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  1. fatuous
devoid of intelligence
  1. fetter
a shackle for the ankles or feet
  1. flagrant
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  1. foil
hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  1. forbearance
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
  1. fortuitous
occurring by happy chance
  1. fractious
easily irritated or annoyed
  1. garrulous
full of trivial conversation
  1. gourmand
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
  1. grandiloquent
lofty in style
  1. gratuitous
unnecessary and unwarranted
  1. hapless
deserving or inciting pity
  1. hegemony
the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  1. heterogenous
consisting of elements that are not of the same kind
  1. iconoclast
someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  1. idiosyncratic
peculiar to the individual
  1. impecunious
not having enough money to pay for necessities
  1. impetuous
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  1. impinge
infringe upon
  1. impute
attribute or credit to
  1. inane
devoid of intelligence
  1. inchoate
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  1. incontrovertible
impossible to deny or disprove
  1. incumbent
necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
  1. inexorable
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
  1. inimical
not friendly
  1. injunction
a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
  1. inoculate
impregnate with the germ of a disease to render immune
  1. insidious
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  1. instigate
provoke or stir up
  1. insurgent
in opposition to a civil authority or government
  1. interlocutor
a person who takes part in a conversation
  1. intimation
a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  1. inure
cause to accept or become hardened to
  1. invective
abusive language used to express blame or censure
  1. intransigent
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
  1. inveterate
habitual
  1. irreverence
a mental attitude showing lack of due respect
  1. knell
the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  1. laconic
brief and to the point
  1. largesse
liberality in bestowing gifts
  1. legerdemain
an illusory feat
  1. libertarian
an advocate of freedom of thought and speech
  1. licentious
lacking moral discipline
  1. linchpin
a central cohesive source of support and stability
  1. litigant
(law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation
  1. maelstrom
a powerful circular current of water
  1. maudlin
effusively or insincerely emotional
  1. maverick
someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  1. mawkish
effusively or insincerely emotional
  1. maxim
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  1. mendacious
given to lying
  1. modicum
a small or moderate or token amount
  1. morass
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  1. mores
the conventions embodying the fundamental values of a group
  1. munificent
very generous
  1. multifarious
having many aspects
  1. nadir
the lowest point of anything
  1. negligent
characterized by undue lack of attention or concern
  1. neophyte
any new participant in some activity
  1. noisome
offensively malodorous
  1. noxious
injurious to physical or mental health
  1. obdurate
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  1. obfuscate
make obscure or unclear
  1. obstreperous
noisily and stubbornly defiant
  1. officious
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  1. onerous
not easily borne; wearing
  1. ostensible
appearing as such but not necessarily so
  1. ostracism
the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
  1. palliate
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  1. panacea
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  1. paradigm
a standard or typical example
  1. pariah
a person who is rejected from society or home
  1. partisan
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  1. paucity
an insufficient quantity or number
  1. pejorative
expressing disapproval
  1. pellucid
transparently clear; easily understandable
  1. penchant
a strong liking
  1. penurious
excessively unwilling to spend
  1. pert
characterized by a lightly exuberant quality
  1. pernicious
exceedingly harmful
  1. pertinacious
stubbornly unyielding
  1. phlegmatic
showing little emotion
  1. philanthropic
of or relating to charitable giving
  1. pithy
concise and full of meaning
  1. platitude
a trite or obvious remark
  1. plaudit
enthusiastic approval
  1. plenitude
a full supply
  1. plethora
extreme excess
  1. portent
a sign of something about to happen
  1. potentate
a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  1. preclude
make impossible, especially beforehand
  1. predilection
a predisposition in favor of something
  1. preponderance
exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  1. presage
a foreboding about what is about to happen
  1. probity
complete and confirmed integrity
  1. proclivity
a natural inclination
  1. profligate
unrestrained by convention or morality
  1. promulgate
state or announce
  1. proscribe
command against
  1. protean
taking on different forms
  1. prurient
characterized by lust
  1. puerile
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  1. pugnacious
tough and callous by virtue of experience
  1. pulchritude
physical beauty, especially of a woman
  1. punctilious
marked by precise accordance with details
  1. quaint
attractively old-fashioned
  1. quixotic
not sensible about practical matters
  1. quandary
state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  1. recalcitrant
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  1. redoubtable
inspiring fear
  1. relegate
assign to a lower position
  1. remiss
failing in what duty requires
  1. reprieve
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  1. reprobate
a person without moral scruples
  1. rescind
cancel officially
  1. requisition
an authoritative request or demand
  1. rife
excessively abundant
  1. sanctimonious
excessively or hypocritically pious
  1. sanguine
confidently optimistic and cheerful
  1. scurrilous
expressing offensive reproach
  1. semaphore
an apparatus for visual signaling
  1. serendipity
good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  1. sobriety
the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
  1. solicitous
full of anxiety and concern
  1. solipsism
the philosophical theory that the self is all that exists
  1. spurious
plausible but false
  1. staid
characterized by dignity and propriety
  1. stolid
having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  1. subjugate
make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  1. surfeit
indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  1. surreptitious
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  1. swarthy
naturally having skin of a dark color
  1. tangential
of superficial relevance if any
  1. tome
a large and scholarly book
  1. toady
a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  1. torpid
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  1. travesty
a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  1. trenchant
having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought
  1. trite
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  1. truculent
defiantly aggressive
  1. turpitude
a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  1. ubiquitous
being present everywhere at once
  1. umbrage
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  1. upbraid
express criticism towards
  1. utilitarian
having a useful function
  1. veracity
unwillingness to tell lies
  1. vestige
an indication that something has been present
  1. vicissitude
a variation in circumstances or fortune
  1. vilify
spread negative information about
  1. virtuoso
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  1. vitriolic
harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  1. vituperate
spread negative information about
  1. vociferous
conspicuously and offensively loud
  1. wanton
lewd or lascivious woman
  1. winsome
charming in a childlike or naive way
  1. yoke
join with stable gear, as two draft animals
  1. zephyr
a slight wind
  1. wily
marked by skill in deception
  1. tirade
a speech of violent denunciation.

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